'Targeted' EHR upcoding audits on the way

AUTHOR(S)

Mullaney, Tim

PUB. DATE

April 2013

SOURCE

McKnight's Long-Term Care News;Apr2013, Vol. 34 Issue 4, p4

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The article focuses on Acting Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Marilyn Tavenner who states that CMS will undertake targeted audits on upcoding in electronic health records (EHR) and he believes that emergency rooms result in the rise in EHR upcoding.

ACCESSION #

86275152

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